Re: [SLUG] Serial to USB Connector

From: Robert Snyder (res03q8w@gte.net)
Date: Mon May 16 2005 - 22:36:27 EDT


Bleeber wrote:

>Can anyone reccommend a usb to serial port adapter for linux that I
>can use to connect to cisco/foundry switches at work? I am asuming I
>will use minicom, however if anyone knows an easier approach, I am
>open to suggestions. Thanks in advance!
>
>

One thing you can do is to get an adapter that uses the PL2303 chipset.
which is one of the natively supported chipsets for usb to serial in linux.
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